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Between my friends and I, I've been able to read a lot more of the minis than I thought I would, and a few stand out over the others, at least at this stage of the event. Some personal highlights include... Wonder Woman defending some old lady's right to religious delusion in the absence of her much-needed pain medication Steel whacking Gen 13 with a giant hammer Renee Montoya in anything, period Supergirl as a bright, positive influence on Superman instead of her constant anger-torture throughout New 52 Ted Kord bringing the banter Oracle revealing her badass edge in a fight just in time for the cliffhanger Antagonizing Aquaman by knocking a goldfish out of a bowl and stepping on it I've still got a ways to go, but Catwoman/Supergirl Matrix/Parallax/Shadow of the Bat/Teen Titans/Atom/Harley Quinn/Justice League/Batgirl/Batman & Robin were all stylistic placeholders that all felt like cutouts of each other. Still a lot of this week's minis to catch up on. The main Convergence series was doing okay (Jeff King's godawful narration notwithstanding) until the scene imitating The Killing Joke plopped in for no reason. Then again, The Killing Joke is soaring up the NY Times Bestselling hardcover comics chart, so I guess dashes of grimdark are aimed at that bloodthirsty audience?
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Week 4 previews Blue Beetle http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-preview-convergence-blue-beetle-1/ Crime Syndicate http://www.comicvine.com/articles/exclusive-preview-convergence-crime-syndicate-1/1100-152068/ Plastic Man and The Freedom Fighters http://13thdimension.com/exclusive-preview-convergence-plastic-man-the-freedom-fighters-1/ e: bad day posted:Have they explained what the deal was with that repeated spread? Because that was just weird. Even Rob Liefeld didn't pull that poo poo. I just checked Comixology. They've fixed the spread. 
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Apr 24, 2015 07:03
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Have they explained what the deal was with that repeated spread? Because that was just weird. Even Rob Liefeld didn't pull that poo poo.
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Spoilers from the FCBD issue are being run by Bleeding Cool and, well, I'm utterly baffled at them EDIT: Interview with Jurgens about Bat-Mite quote:Nrama: OK, let's talk about the tone of this comic. Obviously DC is more open to humor comics these days. But is Bat-Mite from the same vein as Harley Quinn and other humor comics? So loving sold on this title 
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Apr 24, 2015 17:10
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MonsieurChoc posted:There was a short Amethyst cartoon in the DC Nation Shorts. It's... alright, I guess? The Prince as a skeleton is kind of interesting. Amethyst was basically WB doing the prototype to Star vs. The Forces of Evil, then throwing it in the trash. It's such a good take on a D-list Crisis casualty that of course it went nowhere and was shelved.
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DC just tweeted that Frank Miller is doing a new Batman series called "The Dark Knight III: Master Race."
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Apr 24, 2015 21:01
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I'm honestly really surprised they agreed to give him any Batman work after the Holy Terror debacle.
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Trast posted:DC just tweeted that Frank Miller is doing a new Batman series called "The Dark Knight III: Master Race." AKA Batman vs
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Trast posted:DC just tweeted that Frank Miller is doing a new Batman series called "The Dark Knight III: Master Race." Is this a troll job?
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Madkal posted:Is this a troll job? You missed the lady with the crew cut and swastika pasties over her boobs in the first two?
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Trast posted:DC just tweeted that Frank Miller is doing a new Batman series called "The Dark Knight III: Master Race."
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Apr 24, 2015 21:11
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Madkal posted:Is this a troll job? http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/04/24/superstar-writerartist-frank-miller-returns-to-batman
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Apr 24, 2015 21:31
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Not drawn by Miller/Varley, co-loving-written with DC staffers, movie tie-in - not real Dark Knight.
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Apr 24, 2015 21:40
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fatherboxx posted:Not drawn by Miller/Varley, co-loving-written with DC staffers, movie tie-in - not real Dark Knight. That's what makes it sound good
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Apr 24, 2015 21:52
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Honestly this all sounds a lot like Azzarello grabbed a bunch of Miller's notes and fleshed them out, Chris Tolkien style. Given Miller's health status I can't see him putting in a lot of time writing or drawing this.
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Apr 24, 2015 21:55
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Love the overtly fascist title. This already owns.
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Apr 24, 2015 21:56
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Batman, the final solution against crime.
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Can't we just have him finish ASB&RtBW instead?
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Apr 24, 2015 22:24
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Isn't the hold up on Jim Lee's end?
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fatherboxx posted:movie tie-in Are they not supposed to make new Batman comics in the next two years? The announcement could easily have said "See the epic conclusion to the inspiration for the upcoming mega blockbuster BATMAN V SUPERMAN DAWN OF JUSTICE." I'm sure it's nice to have in the lead-up to the movie, but they're not clearly capitalizing on that yet. I wish the art was Frank's. He's probably too dying to do it, but just picture if the progression carried on from DKR to DRK2 and DKR3's art was just unintelligible garish abstraction. Teenage Fansub fucked around with this message at 22:38 on Apr 24, 2015 |
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Apr 24, 2015 22:28
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Teenage Fansub posted:Are they not supposed to make new Batman comics in the next two years?
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At this point I would sacrifice Batman: Year One to go back in time and keep Miller away from the character forever.
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Apr 24, 2015 22:42
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Teenage Fansub posted:Are they not supposed to make new Batman comics in the next two years? The teaser shows the bloody Supernan symbol and it seems that Frank is going to put Batman and Superman against each other for no reason (where can you possibly go after Kryptonite Hulk Hands?)
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Waterhaul posted:Batman, the final solution against crime. I appreciate this post even if no one else does
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Now where's that rumored Joel Schumacher comic? Gimme that.
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fatherboxx posted:The teaser shows the bloody Supernan symbol and it seems that Frank is going to put Batman and Superman against each other for no reason (where can you possibly go after Kryptonite Hulk Hands?) No other reason just like every other reason DC feels the need to put Batman over Superman. The millionaire sociopath versus the man from the sky who just wanted to do good. It's DC as gently caress.
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fatherboxx posted:The teaser shows the bloody Supernan symbol and it seems that Frank is going to put Batman and Superman against each other for no reason (where can you possibly go after Kryptonite Hulk Hands?) Trast posted:No other reason just like every other reason DC feels the need to put Batman over Superman. The millionaire sociopath versus the man from the sky who just wanted to do good. It's DC as gently caress. Let's not pretend we don't all know where this is going. 
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TwoPair posted:I appreciate this post even if no one else does It obviously shows your pure and superior Aryan eyes and sense of humor. 
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Travis343 posted:At this point I would sacrifice Batman: Year One to go back in time and keep Miller away from the character forever. Hey, now. ASB&R is hilarious.
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It took 2 issues for me to get into Convergence, but issue 3 really hit it's stride for me. I wish I was more familiar with DC's multiverses but man this story is pretty drat cool.
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I want to like Convergence, but... I just don't dig on the setup. "Hey, we're going to revisit all these old continuities that our fans know and love! ...and then they will battle to the death in Thunderdome!" is just... not my cup of tea. I didn't like Countdown:Arena, I'm not really liking this, either.
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Sigma posted:Can't we just have him finish ASB&RtBW instead? Given the fact that he's basically a walking skeleton at this point I doubt he's going to be finishing much of anything unless they get a co-writer
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:I want to like Convergence, but... I just don't dig on the setup. "Hey, we're going to revisit all these old continuities that our fans know and love! ...and then they will battle to the death in Thunderdome!" is just... not my cup of tea. I didn't like Countdown:Arena, I'm not really liking this, either. Countdown: Arena's only saving grace was how bonkers batshit it was. This is just.........bland. And I think because I've been following Earth 2 and its nonstop ride to Apokolips Hell this just feels like fatigue. There's no downtime for me or quiet moments in the book, save for those that happen off panel. Just this frantic GOGOGOGOGOGOGO. I also enjoy how E2 Grayson just got possibly paralyzed after pre-Flashpoint Alfred gave him some badass Bat-clothes. Main point embrace the loving ridiculous, cut the maudlin poo poo, have a Superboy-Prime equivalent and start going balls out. Give me a GIANT PURPLE DEATH RAY. SOMETHING.
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DivineCoffeeBinge posted:I want to like Convergence, but... I just don't dig on the setup. "Hey, we're going to revisit all these old continuities that our fans know and love! ...and then they will battle to the death in Thunderdome!" is just... not my cup of tea. I didn't like Countdown:Arena, I'm not really liking this, either. Can't you just get beyond Thunderdome?
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Teenage Fansub posted:Week 4 previews Booster Gold http://www.newsarama.com/24279-booster-in-crisis-in-convergence-booster-gold-1-preview.html Justice Society of America http://mancave.cbslocal.com/2015/04/23/the-good-ol-days-are-back-in-convergence-justice-society-of-america-1/
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Blue Beetle http://www.comicosity.com/exclusive-preview-convergence-blue-beetle-1/ Plastic Man and The Freedom Fighters http://13thdimension.com/exclusive-preview-convergence-plastic-man-the-freedom-fighters-1/ If this event is based on nothing but Batman Brave and the Bold episodes, I will consider this the best thing that ever happened in comics. There are FOUR Ted Kords running around and I am loving this poo poo.
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Teenage Fansub posted:+ gently caress you assholes teasing me with the real JSA again. The only thing Convergence has remind is is how bad the Nu52 hosed some things up
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sbaldrick posted:gently caress you assholes teasing me with the real JSA again. The nu52 has been a knife slowly sliding into the ribs of all the great things that came before it, and Convergence is the blade being twisted.
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dragon_pamcake posted:Blue Beetle Who? The main one that Max killed, the Justice League 3000 version from Super Buddies, the Convergence: Blue Beetle one, and the Convergence: JLI one?
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